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Re: The Apple Tablet "The iPad"
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Re: The Apple Tablet "The iPad"
It's kinda interesting--there's an article on Gizmodo where they make the point that this might fulfill the original purpose of Netbooks which is something small, cheap, and easy to use that would allow casual users to easily be able to do regular stuff like listen to music and browse the internet. Whereas Netbooks all run Windows now so they're really just a poor mans laptop and not a solution for people who don't want a complex computer.
It's kinda interesting--there's an article on Gizmodo where they make the point that this might fulfill the original purpose of Netbooks which is something small, cheap, and easy to use that would allow casual users to easily be able to do regular stuff like listen to music and browse the internet. Whereas Netbooks all run Windows now so they're really just a poor mans laptop and not a solution for people who don't want a complex computer.
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Re: The Apple Tablet "The iPad"
Ok, I think the hype has passed and I've talked myself out of getting this since I don't need it.
Ok, I think the hype has passed and I've talked myself out of getting this since I don't need it.
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Mad Old Lu
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Re: The Apple Tablet "The iPad"
That's how I see the iPad. It's just a large version of the iPod Touch. It's just for leisure use--not really meant to replace the laptop.
Maulfan was on to something:
That's how I see the iPad. It's just a large version of the iPod Touch. It's just for leisure use--not really meant to replace the laptop.
Maulfan was on to something:
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sorry man. there can only be one arnold. you know this.
sorry man. there can only be one arnold. you know this.
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Re: The Apple Tablet "The iPad"
The netbook was originally made for tech nerds who wanted a small device to run Linux on it. Now that the market has expanded and notebooks haven't sold as well as expected, netbooks are on the rise. Netbooks had a purpose, no matter how diluted that purpose might be now.
I don't see the purpose behind the iPad. There were already many tablet computers before the iPad. They might not have had the Apple-name pastiche or ease of use, but they were functional. There were already touch screen devices that you can use for recreation and fun, and that's all the iPad is...but bigger.
Apple is smart, they will market this thing to every tween to 20-something hipster or to the soccer mom who doesn't know anything about Kindle. That's the market.
The netbook was originally made for tech nerds who wanted a small device to run Linux on it. Now that the market has expanded and notebooks haven't sold as well as expected, netbooks are on the rise. Netbooks had a purpose, no matter how diluted that purpose might be now.
I don't see the purpose behind the iPad. There were already many tablet computers before the iPad. They might not have had the Apple-name pastiche or ease of use, but they were functional. There were already touch screen devices that you can use for recreation and fun, and that's all the iPad is...but bigger.
Apple is smart, they will market this thing to every tween to 20-something hipster or to the soccer mom who doesn't know anything about Kindle. That's the market.
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Apple likes to have it's hands in everything and likes to be the best at things, they couldn't sit on the sideline of a product like this.
Apple likes to have it's hands in everything and likes to be the best at things, they couldn't sit on the sideline of a product like this.
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this is true.
oh and i'm a good friend.
and there will only be one SKIMAN!!!!
this is true.
oh and i'm a good friend.
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There's no stopping the Apple once it starts rolling. Unless you're willing to kill Steve Jobs. GASP! I can't believe I typed that.
Well, you're a tween on the inside.
Exactlywe have to stop dis..... WE MUST!!!!
There's no stopping the Apple once it starts rolling. Unless you're willing to kill Steve Jobs. GASP! I can't believe I typed that.
But i'm neither and I'm buying 2
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Re: The Apple Tablet "The iPad"
One thing I love about Jobs is that he always strikes me as having a youthful, geek enthusiasm for this stuff, it's as much a toy for him to play with as those who are going to buy that. I think that's important and part of why Apple is often more user friendly with devices and software, like Hot Toys and their figures, if you'd be excited and buy it from someone else but you're in the position to make it, you're really going to turn out something nice because you can approach it from both the maker and buyer POVs.
One thing I love about Jobs is that he always strikes me as having a youthful, geek enthusiasm for this stuff, it's as much a toy for him to play with as those who are going to buy that. I think that's important and part of why Apple is often more user friendly with devices and software, like Hot Toys and their figures, if you'd be excited and buy it from someone else but you're in the position to make it, you're really going to turn out something nice because you can approach it from both the maker and buyer POVs.
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Would also make sense from a show off the screen perspective to have the full pixel space filled with image, just to show what a video filling the entire space would look like, rather than show it at true aspect with the black bars.
It seems like a lot of attention is being placed on the size of the viewing space so it wouldn't be surprising if movies were zoomed to show the full screen size.
Would also make sense from a show off the screen perspective to have the full pixel space filled with image, just to show what a video filling the entire space would look like, rather than show it at true aspect with the black bars.
It seems like a lot of attention is being placed on the size of the viewing space so it wouldn't be surprising if movies were zoomed to show the full screen size.
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